Playing her first match on Rod Laver Arena, British qualifier Harriet Dart started brightly against No.7 seed Iga Swiatek by winning three of the first four games.
From 3-1 down, though, Swiatek rolled. She won the last 11 games in a 6-3, 6-0 victory to win her opening match Down Under for the fourth year in a row.
Tale of the tape: Swiatek made nine of her 17 unforced errors for the match in the first four games, and finished with 21 winners. After the slow start, she also rounded into form on serve. In her last six service games, Swiatek lost just six points. Three of those came in the last game, as she served out the match from 15-40 down.
Swedish No.1 next for Swiatek: With a spot in the third round at stake, Swiatek will face Sweden's Rebecca Peterson, who was a 6-2, 6-3 winner against wildcard Daria Saville (neé Gavrilova). The two will play at a major for the second time in the span of a year, with Siwatek winning 6-1, 6-1 in the same round at Roland Garros last summer.
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